Patents by Inventor John David Crisp

John David Crisp has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11681769
    Abstract: A system for preparing and delivering digital information, particularly digital newspaper editions, to mobile application users. The system includes mobile applications (apps) for both mobile phone and tablet devices, with content display and interactivity of each app optimized for device type. The system also includes a suite of back-office software modules which allow writers and editors to prepare stories, images and other content for delivery to the apps. One such module is a story creator, which includes an interface to a content management system allowing plain text stories and images to be imported, formatted and made interactive for delivery to the apps. The story creator module also includes interfaces to providers of data such as obituaries, classified ads and weather, and functionality for publishing daily editions of the digital newspaper using the imported content. Other features of the system include breaking news alerts, paywall integration, and interfaces to social media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: BLOCK COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: John David Crisp, Joseph Michael Holub, Stephen Raymond Bumbaugh, Charles Aaron Ryder, Joshua Sherman Jacob
  • Publication number: 20220277051
    Abstract: A system for preparing and delivering digital information, particularly digital newspaper editions, to mobile application users. The system includes mobile applications (apps) for both mobile phone and tablet devices, with content display and interactivity of each app optimized for device type. The system also includes a suite of back-office software modules which allow writers and editors to prepare stories, images and other content for delivery to the apps. One such module is a story creator, which includes an interface to a content management system allowing plain text stories and images to be imported, formatted and made interactive for delivery to the apps. The story creator module also includes interfaces to providers of data such as obituaries, classified ads and weather, and functionality for publishing daily editions of the digital newspaper using the imported content. Other features of the system include breaking news alerts, paywall integration, and interfaces to social media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: John David Crisp, Joseph Michael Holub, Stephen Raymond Bumbaugh, Charles Aaron Ryder, Joshua Sherman Jacob
  • Patent number: 11366867
    Abstract: A system for preparing and delivering digital information, particularly digital newspaper editions, to mobile application users. The system includes mobile applications (apps) for both mobile phone and tablet devices, with content display and interactivity of each app optimized for device type. The system also includes a suite of back-office software modules which allow writers and editors to prepare stories, images and other content for delivery to the apps. One such module is a story creator, which includes an interface to a content management system allowing plain text stories and images to be imported, formatted and made interactive for delivery to the apps. The story creator module also includes interfaces to providers of data such as obituaries, classified ads and weather, and functionality for publishing daily editions of the digital newspaper using the imported content. Other features of the system include breaking news alerts, paywall integration, and interfaces to social media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: BLOCK COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: John David Crisp, Joseph Michael Holub, Stephen Raymond Bumbaugh, Charles Aaron Ryder, Joshua Sherman Jacob
  • Publication number: 20210019355
    Abstract: A system for preparing and delivering digital information, particularly digital newspaper editions, to mobile application users. The system includes mobile applications (apps) for both mobile phone and tablet devices, with content display and interactivity of each app optimized for device type. The system also includes a suite of back-office software modules which allow writers and editors to prepare stories, images and other content for delivery to the apps. One such module is a story creator, which includes an interface to a content management system allowing plain text stories and images to be imported, formatted and made interactive for delivery to the apps. The story creator module also includes interfaces to providers of data such as obituaries, classified ads and weather, and functionality for publishing daily editions of the digital newspaper using the imported content. Other features of the system include breaking news alerts, paywall integration, and interfaces to social media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: John David Crisp, Joseph Michael Holub, Stephen Raymond Bumbaugh, Charles Aaron Ryder, Joshua Sherman Jacob
  • Patent number: 10872126
    Abstract: A system for preparing and delivering digital information, particularly digital newspaper editions, to mobile application users. The system includes mobile applications (apps) for both mobile phone and tablet devices, with content display and interactivity of each app optimized for device type. The system also includes a suite of back-office software modules which allow writers and editors to prepare stories, images and other content for delivery to the apps. One such module is a story creator, which includes an interface to a content management system allowing plain text stories and images to be imported, formatted and made interactive for delivery to the apps. The story creator module also includes interfaces to providers of data such as obituaries, classified ads and weather, and functionality for publishing daily editions of the digital newspaper using the imported content. Other features of the system include breaking news alerts, paywall integration, and interfaces to social media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: BLOCK COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: John David Crisp, Joseph Michael Holub, Stephen Raymond Bumbaugh, Charles Aaron Ryder, Joshua Sherman Jacob
  • Publication number: 20200104422
    Abstract: A system for preparing and delivering digital information, particularly digital newspaper editions, to mobile application users. The system includes mobile applications (apps) for both mobile phone and tablet devices, with content display and interactivity of each app optimized for device type. The system also includes a suite of back-office software modules which allow writers and editors to prepare stories, images and other content for delivery to the apps. One such module is a story creator, which includes an interface to a content management system allowing plain text stories and images to be imported, formatted and made interactive for delivery to the apps. The story creator module also includes interfaces to providers of data such as obituaries, classified ads and weather, and functionality for publishing daily editions of the digital newspaper using the imported content. Other features of the system include breaking news alerts, paywall integration, and interfaces to social media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: John David Crisp, Joseph Michael Holub, Stephen Raymond Bumbaugh, Charles Aaron Ryder, Joshua Sherman Jacob
  • Patent number: 10346525
    Abstract: A method for creating static and dynamic formats of an electronic newspaper, including importing data files containing newspaper content having a PDF or PNG format from a database, converting the imported data files to a HTML format, creating daily newspaper pages in an HTML format from the HTML converted data files using HTML daily page templates, presenting the created newspaper pages in the HTML format in an HTML environment through a web browser of a user interface device, converting the created newspaper pages in the HTML format to a PNG format, and presenting the created daily newspaper pages in the PNG format through the web browser of the user interface device as a static digital replica of a printed newspaper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: BLOCK COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Allan James Block, John David Crisp, Erlend I. Viddal, Ronnie Jack Willis, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20160140093
    Abstract: A method for creating static and dynamic formats of an electronic newspaper, including importing data files containing newspaper content having a PDF or PNG format from a database, converting the imported data files to a HTML format, creating daily newspaper pages in an HTML format from the HTML converted data files using HTML daily page templates, presenting the created newspaper pages in the HTML format in an HTML environment through a web browser of a user interface device, converting the created newspaper pages in the HTML format to a PNG format, and presenting the created daily newspaper pages in the PNG format through the web browser of the user interface device as a static digital replica of a printed newspaper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Allan James Block, John David Crisp, Erlend I. Viddal, Ronnie Jack Willis, JR.
  • Publication number: 20120266057
    Abstract: A system for conveying printed information to a user, the system including a server receiving a data file representing an image, a software hosted on the server to generate an HyperText Markup Language environment including the image represented by the data file, wherein the HyperText Markup Language environment facilitates the manipulation of the image represented by the data file, and a user interface having a web browser to display the HyperText Markup Language environment to the user, wherein the image represented by the data file is viewable by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventors: Allan James Block, John David Crisp, Erlend I. Viddal, Ronnie Jack Willis, JR.